Remarkably, as the pandemic escalated in India, the country’s manufacturing capabilities for Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) skyrocketed from 47,000 annually to 2 lakh in a single day.

“When India speaks of self-reliance, it does not advocate for a self-centred system. In India’s self-reliance there is a concern for the whole world’s happiness, cooperation and peace,” PM Modi asserted.

“In a world that is fighting life & death, India’s medicines today bring a new hope. With these steps, when India is being praised everywhere in the world, every Indian feels proud,” he added.

PM Modi affirmed that if the citizens of the country keep moving forward with the same resilience, no other nation can stop India from being self-reliant.

“This era of self-reliance will be our new pledge and new festival; we have to move on with new resolve,” he said.